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Literary Efforts Of Eminent Rep"oH-
cans.


uWhen Greek meets Greek.
Gov. Foraker of Ohio contributes to the
Forum for August paper on The Return
of the Republican Party "a presentation
Of arguments in favor of the reinstatement
of that party in control of the government,
first of which is a rehash of the exhausted
and VIGOROUSLY untrue Southern outrage
campaign story, coupled with charges OF
fraud and obstruction Of political rights by
democrats wherever these are possible. We
quote briefly
First is the question of " q free ballot and
fair count" ID Outranks all Others, because IL
affects directly the very existence OF our 60
yernment The theory of our institutions Is;
that the people are the source OF all rlghuul
authority. The only sovereignty we nave Is
their lawfully expressed Will Whatever de-
feats or interferes with that expression l., az
least moral treason. No one will question any
of these propositions. NOpohtical party could
openly DENY any of them and appeal for power
with any hope Of success. The consequence Is,
that. SO far as platform declarations are con-
cernel. an parties agree that the right OF SUI
fragc should be maintained inviolate. Never
theleSs the fact is that the Democratic party
is in power to-day only because by the most
shameful 0ffcnscs, it has Overthrown tins rignt
i'm many places and States OF the South, ana,
eniboldened bv it's successes there, It has sought
to succeed elsewhere by like means as at CHI
caeo. Indianapolis. Columbus and Cincinnati
Hon. J. J. Ingalls,, President of the Uni
ted States Senate, writes for the September
number of the same magazine an article on
the woman suffrage problem, in the discus
sion of which be says:
The south i'm lS6l, endeayored to act upon
the theory that government rests upon the
consent of the governed. Dissatisfied with the
lawful expression of the will of the majority
at the polls they refused to consent to the ad-
ministratiOu of the government by the BepuO-
lican party under the presidency of Abraham
Lincoln. They were logical, but the reverber-
ating thunder of the guns of Grant at DOnel-
son. Nicksburg. and AppomattoX refIted their
fatal svllOgsm, and the Proclamation OF T.
Emancipation disposed of the iallaciOus rhetor-
ic of the composer of the Declaration of indie
pendence Had this government rested on the
consent of the governed. slavery would not
have been abolished nor would the eleven Sc
cejed states have returned 10 the Union.
ForakerS most exaggerated statements
represent the negro of the South as suffer
ing mo- greater violation of his political will
than. according 10 Senator ingalls,, his al
legged oppressors have already submitted to.
AT any rate, the republican leaders ought
TO hold caucus before making further con
tributious to our periodical literature
Ex-senator Camden was interviewed in
Washington last week by a Ta' reporter
The Presidents denomination, lie said, was
universally conceded Mr. Cleveland has
the confidence of the great mass OF the peo-
pie of both parties and they will keep him
iu the White House. lie sticks to civil
service uaiyely added the Senator "much
closer than should debut his course has
given the whole country confidence in him
and it is fortunate for the party that he Is
the man he is" 1t will be Cleveland and
Blaine next year with a close vote in New
York to decide the fght-just as in ST
sherman, however, thought the Senator, is
stronger in the Empire State than Is Blaine.
Something. he said, must be done this conf
ing session in the way of reducing the tariff
and stopping the accumulation OF the sur
plus The prevailing sentiment is against
abolishing the internal revenue systom tho
there might be a compromise whereby that
form of taxation and customs duties could
both be reduced Secretary Fairchild's pur-
chase Of bonds at a premium was the best
thing he could do It didn't seem exactly
fair. perhaps, to make the Government pay
premium on its own securities, but it was
better to do this and face down adverse crit
icism than to withhold the locked-up Treas
ury money from the channels Of trade. 1t
ought, however, be only temporary expe-
dent. Congress should presently afford
permanent relief in reducing taxes.
Every now and then, just as a campaign o.